Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 94, 9 February 1910 — Page 2

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THE RICII3IOXD PALLADIU3I AND SUX-TELEGEAM, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 0, 1910.

KING WHITER PAYS THIS CITY VISIT

Heavy Fall of Snow Began Last Night and Lasted all the Forenoon. TROUBLE FOR TRACTIONS AND THE PENNSYLVANIA AND C, C. & L. ROADS ALSO HAD GREAT TROUBLE OPERATING TRAINS ON SCHEDULES. An exceedingly heavy fall of snow broke forth on this community early Ihis morning, measuring to a depth of about five inches. At about 5 o'clock the weather man began puncturing ho tsriow clouds and "the beautiful" continued to fall until noon, garbing Mother Earth in a complete robe of white. The interurban schedulo was badly fractured. The Pennsylvania and C, C. & I-i. railroad trains also experienced great difficulty in plowing through the drifts and practically all of them were late in arriving in the city. The country roads were almost impassable, it is said. Farmers declare that the snow drifted so high in places along the rural thoroughfares that the horses could scarcely pull empty wagons through. City Employs Extra Men. The city employed an extra force of men today cleaning the streets along the business districts and keeping the sewers free. The snow fall was perhaps the heaviest of the winter. The trees and bushes present a gorgeous appearance, the snow being of the kind that sticks to the twigs and branches. The ground hog was evidently wise when he predicted six more weeks of winter weather and present conditions tend to strengthen the belief that as a weather prophet, the little animal is just about the best ever. The snow was hailed with joy by the small boys and the hills in and around the city were black with youngsters all day, engaging in the popular pasttime of coasting down the long inclines. The merry jingle of sleigh bells will be heard as soon as the snow packs down, and some excellent racing will no doubt be witnessed on North A stree,t towards the latter part of the week. DIES FROM GRIPPE Following an illness of less than a week with the grippe. Clement Torbeck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Torbeck, died last night at Quincy, ill, where he had been attending school. Young Torbeck was very popular in this city among his large circle of friends and also at Quincy among the students. Besides his parents, he is survived by five brothers, Lawrence, William, Harry, Joseph and Albert. Two sisters also survive. The body of the deceased will be brought to this city, arriving Thursday morning, and will be taken to the home of his parents, 420 South Fifth street. The funeral arrangements have not been made. IS MAIL MESSENGER Carl Stewart, living on rural route No. 8, out of this city, has been awarded the contract as mail messenger at the local postoffice and will succeed Josiuh S. Brumfield, Thursday at mid night. Brum field resigned because he said the pay for the position was insufficient. He put in a higher bid. The contract price which Mr. Stewart agreed to act in the capacity as mes senger is not known. His duties con sist of the delivery of mail to the de pots and its collection. HER REPORT FILED . Wilhelmina B. Tate, executrix of the estate of the late William B. Tate, filed partial report in the probate court today, which has been approved by Judge Fox. The report shows that she was chargeable with $2,303.54 and there was expended $2,35S.14, leaving a balance of $55.60 on hand which is due the widow. FATAL CAR ACCIDENT. Pittsfield, Mass., Feb. 9 One person was killed and many injured when a Pittsfield street railway car ran off the track and overturned near Dalton, Mass., a suburb of this town, early today. "PINK EYE" CONTAGION. Washington, Feb. 9. "Pink eye" is prevalent in Washington. Physicians say it is infectious and contagious, and unless promptly checked may spread to pupils of the public schools. REFUSED TO TESTIFY. Independence, Mo., Feb. 9. Doctor B. C. Hyde was placed on the witness stand in the sensational Swope inquest today, but refused to giTe any testimony. Prosecutor Conkling remarked, "that is enough to make any case." Hyde's arrest is momentarily expected. The coroner's jury . found that Swope met his death from a capsule filled with strychnine, administered by Dr. Hydev

A FAMOUS NORWEGIAN POET REPORTED DYING

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Bjornstjerne Bjornson, the Norwegian poet and novelist, who has been sick for some time and who is now in such a critical condition that his death is expeefed any moment. He was born in 1832 and is esteemed a great genius, not only in his own country, but in every other, where his works have been translated. His dramas are better adapted for the stage than Ibsen's and his verse has all the lyric quality of Tennyson without losing the Norse vigor. TIPS BY TELEGRAPH (American News Service) PEARY A REAR ADMIRAL. Washington, Feb. 9 The senate passed without discussion today a bill appointing Robert E. Peary a rear admiral of the United States navy, to be carried as an additional number for a year and then retired. MURDER OR SUICIDE? Cleveland, Feb. 9. John Janowsky, his wife and an unknown man were found dead in an unfurnished house on Riverbed avenue this morning. The police pronounced it a double murder or suicide. LIKE FINDING MONEY. New York, Feb. 9. The National Sugar Refining company of New Jersey today paid to the government $604,300 in cash due for shortage in duties on importations of sugar between 1898 and 1907. District Attorney Denison said this payment will not interfere with criminal prosecutions if any officer of the company was found guilty of fraud. ANOTHER MINE DISASTER. Lexington, Ky., Feb. 9. Six men were killed by an explosion in a coal mine at Stearns, Ky., on the Queen & Crescent railroad near the Tennessee line today. The supposed cause was the ignition of gas by the flame of a miner's lamp. The dead are: Ely Grundy, G. F. Grundy, Ed Thrasher, A. F. Thrasher, Bill Drasall and Chas. W. King. No others were in the mine. THIRD DEGREE TOD FOR A GIRL Young Woman Arrested as a Murder Suspect Collapsed After Hearing. WAS QUESTIONED 18 HOURS SHE FINALLY CONFESSED THAT A MAN HAD ADMITTED TO HER HE HAD KILLED WOMAN FOUND IN BASEMENT. (American News Service) New ori. Feb. IK Emilya Sarapu, the girl who was arrested Mondav fol lowing the finding of the body of a murdered woman under the flooring of the basement in the apartment house at ITS West Ninety-fourth street, was in a state of collapse in the house of detention today, after having been questioned for eighteen hours by detec tives from headquarters. The detectives declare the girl ad ruitted to them after her prolonged ordeal that the man known as August Johannsen and later as Peterson, con fessed to her that he killed his wife Sophia Johannsen-Peterson, and the motive for the crime was to get pos session of $2,500 which belonged to her. How She Got Money. This money the woman got following her death by accident of her first husband in New Jersey. The girl told the police also that Johannsen had fallen madly in love with her and had lured her to the house where she was arrested when the police went in search of Peterson. "I am ready to tell all I know," she said. And then, according to the police, she told of Johannsen's having confessed to her of having committed the murder.

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OFFICIAL COUNT OF PRIMARY MADE

This, However Did Not Change Standings of Any of The Candidates. FEW CONTESTED BALLOTS TWENTY VOTERS IN JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP LOST THEIR VOTES FOR SHERIFF AS THEY VOTED FOR TWO MEN. The canvass board, at its meeting this morning at the office of County Superintendent C. W. Jordan, mad an official count of the votes cast at the republican primary last Monday. Although there were several corrections in the vote from the original announcements, the results of the primary were as announced yesterday. The biggest changes noted were in Jefferson township and the Eighth ward. The election boards of these two precincts were undecided as to the validity of several votes because of some flaw. In Jefferson township. the chief difficulty was that twenty voters voted for two candidates for sheriff. These contested ballots in Jefferson township, were allowed, ex cept the votes for sheriff. The Eighth ward contested ballots were also allowed. Total Vote Was 5430. The total vote cast, Monday, was o4.;u. i ne totai vote cast ior eacu candidate as announced by the canvass board is as follows: Congressman W. O. Barnard, 3,866; state senator Walter Commons, 3.196, Charles Stivers. 1,503, Commons's majority, 1,033: representative L. J. Reynolds, 2,814. Walter Ratliff, 1,313, Elmer S. Laymon. Reynolds's plurality, 1,501; joint representative John C. Harvey, 4,045; prosecutor Charles L. Ladd, 3,897; auditor L. S. Bowman. 2,775, Albeit Morel, 2.190, Bow man's majority, 585; clerk W. K. Cheesman, 9S6, George W. Matthews, 1,343, Merton W. Grills, 350, F. M. Whitesell, 844, W. E. Eikenberry, 459; Fillmore F. Riggs, 502, Thomas R. Jessup, 642, Matthews' plurality, 357; treasurer Albert R. Albertson, 4.133; sheriff Albert R. Steen, 1,710, Lafayette Larsh, 407, Jesse A. Bailey, 973, Ezra N. Thompson, 720, Oscar Mashmeyer, 1,479, Steen's plurality, 231; coroner R-llo J. Pierce, 2.435, Mora S. Bulla, 2,356, Pierce's majority, 79; commissioner middle district Barney H. Linderman, 2,558; commissioner, western district Robert N. Beeson, 2,428, Theodore P. Crist, 2,261, Beeson's majority, 167; assessor William Mathews, 1.S67, Thomas F. Swain, 1,746, Albert Oler, 1,355, Mathews' plurality, 121; surveyor Robert A. Howard, 4,104. CHANCES OF LIFE. Probability at Your Age of How Long You Will Live. After we are dead it probably will not concern us whether we died at twenty or fifty or ninety, but just now most of us are intensely interested In the matter, and, being average persons in sound health, we can figure out with certainly just what our chances are of reaching any particular age, says Harper's Weekly. If we are just 20 years of age, our chances or living to or beyond 30 are nearly 12 to 1; of living to be 40, 5y8 to 1; to be 50. 3 to 1; to be CO, 1 2-3 to 1. Of livinr: to, be 70 we have less than 1 chance in 2Vy, to be 80, less than 1 chance in 5, and to be 90, less than 1 chance in 100. If we have reached 30, our chances to reach 40 are nearly 11 to 1; to be 50, nearly 4Vi to 1; to be 60, 2 to 1; to be 70, 4Vj chances in 10; to be 80, 1 chance in 5; to be 90, 1 chance in 100. The average man of 40 has 8 chances to 1 of reaching his fiftieth birthday, 2"6 chances to 1 of attaining 60, only 5 chances out of 10 of reaching 70, 1 chance in 5 of reaching SO, and 1 chance in 100 of becoming 90. Having been lucky in all the drawings up to fifty years, the average man has 4 chances to 1 of becoming GO; to become 70 the chances are 1 to 1 in bis favor; to become 80 he has but 1 chance in 5 and to become 90 1 chance In 100. If already 60 the average citizen has 2 chances to 1 of becoming 70, 1 chance iu 4 of becoming 80 and 1 chance in 60 of reaching 90. . The man of 70 has 3 chances in 8 of becoming 80 and 1 in 50 of becoming 90. If one has weathered the storm until his eightieth birthday he has 1 chance in '17 of reaching his ninetieth milepost. It will be observed that as we get older our chances of reaching 90 increase greatly. Followed Instructions. At Gloucester some time ago a man was sentenced to one month's hard labor for stealing a bottle of medicine that he had been asked to deliver by the doctor in the village in which he lived. Some months after he was brought up un a similar charge and when in the dock was asked what he bad to say in bis defense. "Well, your honor," he replied, "I was asked by the doctor to call again for another patient's medicine, and the bottle stood en the doctor desk labeled, 'To be taken as before.' " lie was discharged amid roars of laughter. London Fun. Wise Old Guard. To a guard at a gate la the Broad street station, Philadelphia, there recently rushed an excited individual with, this query, "Have I time to say goodby to my wife, who is leaving on" this New York train?" "That, sir," responded the guard, with a polite smile, "depends on how long you have been married." SL Louis Republic

BLAME FOR SCHOOLS

Are Responsible for Decrease in Candidates for the ' Ministry. NO CHRISTIAN TRAINING (American News Service) Chicago. Feb. !. High schools are blamed for the falling off in the number of candidates for the ministry, and the tendency toward eliminating religious features from the public schools is termed a peril." in the report of the committee of education read by Rev. Henry C. Minton, of Trenton, X. J., before the session of the executive committee of the western section alliance of Reformed Churches of the world, holding the Presbyterian system. The speaker pointed out that the pupil passes through the adolescent stage without any Christian influence in school, maintaining that this resulted in a drop in moral stamina and interest in religion. "In former times," said Rev. Mr. Minton, "we had the academy, where the pastor continued in personal touch with the young man. Xow we have the high school, where there is a lack of the personal guidance at a time when there is apt to be a slump in the moral Qualities of the youth." MOVE IS APPROVED Ninety Per Cent of the State Saloon Keepers Will Be Orderly. BREWERS MAKE A REPORT (American News Service) Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 9. The Indiana Brewers' association met here and Stephen B. Fleming of Fort Wayne said the vigilance committee's report shows that ninety per cent of the saloon keepers in the state are favorable to the movement to clean up and practically all city officials assisting in law enforcement, say brewers are well pleased with the progress of the movement. WRECK CLAIMS VICTIM. St. Louis, Feb. 9. Conductor J. D. Reach, was instantly killed and five passengers seriously injured when an east bound Kansas City and St Louis passenger train on the Frisco road was derailed at Union, Mo., today. The entire train jumped the track and rolled over on its side, but only the engine, mail, baggage and express cars rolled down the embankment. HAVE THE POWER Marion Commissioners Informed Can Give Retail Licenses to Jobbers. WILL MEAN HEAVY DEMAND (American News Service) Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 9. County Attorney Raub today gave his opinion to the county commissioners stating they had a right to grant retail liquor licenses to wholesalers which enable the latter to ship intoxicants in less than five gallon quantities into "dry" Indiana counties. All wholesalers now expect to take advantage of this. SHE FOUND A Which Another Woman Had Alleged Was Stolen by Party Finding It. Alleging that she found the ring of which Mrs. Hazel Westerfield had ac cused her of stealing. Rose Grooms, appeared at police headquarters and after returning the piece of jewelry ; to Chief of Police Gormon, was given jlier release. The ring was missed by ! Mrs. Westerfield while Mrs. Grooms who is a stranger in the city, was at her home. 215 South Fifth street, yes- ; terday trying to sell some soap. The loss was immediately reported to the police and Mrs. Grooms was questioned in regard to the matter. She claimed that she found the ring and as tiere was no positive evidence to prove that a theft had been committed the matter was dropped.

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Last Week of the Big Dissolution Sale of Cunningham & Lahrman High grade Footwear at a big discount. One week of General Sale for everybody ending Wednesday night, Feb. 16. One of the largest stocks of High Grade Footwear in the city, and the people certainly have appreciated this sale, but the stock in some lines has hardly been phased, especially in Ladies'. Misses and Children's Shoes, and Boys' Shoes, Men's Work Shoes. One more week of this sacrifice sale. Cunningham & Lahrman P. S.We will appreciate the settlement of all accounts due this firm.

CjNGRESS HEARS

OF MEAT ADVANCE And the Attitude of the Packers Occasions a Great Deal of Surprise. THINK IT A FOOLISH MOVE AS THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WITHIN MONTH THE BEEF BARONS HAVE SNAPPED FINGERS AT CONSUMERS. (American News Service) Washington, Feb. 9. Members of congress are showing a deep interest in the reports from Chicago and New York of the advance in the price of meat. The attitude of the packers occasious surprise, but a second surprise, for a second time within a month the beef barons have deliberately antagonized public opinion. The former occasion was when the heads of the big packing houses gave out interviews declaring their indifference to the boycotts then spreading throughout the country. Are Better Politicians. Congressmen are better politicians than the packers and the present is considered a poor time to arouse sentiment already strong against the men who control one of the chief food staples. President Taft will soon take a hand in the crusade for more reasonable prices, it is said, as it will become a serious political question if the tactics of the millionaire packers don't radically change. E EFFICIENCY IS ON POLICE FORCE (Continued From Pago One.) trolman is in another part. In such circumstances plain-clothes men would be more effective both in deterring men from attempting crime and in detecting it. Work Legally Limited. We find that the police department is definitely limited by law in its efforts to preserve order and enforce the law. Offences are classified as misdemeanors and felonies. In general, a misdemeanor is a minor offense such as would be punishable only by fine or imprisonment in the county jail; and a felony is a crime punishable by death or by imprisonment in the penitentiary. A policeman may arrest for a felony, without a warrant, when he has seen the crime committed or when he has reasonable ground to believe a felony has been committed. But for a misdemeanor a policeman may arrest only on view or on a warrant. It will be seen how much the policemen are dependent on the cooperation of citizens for effective law enforcement. Unless the policeman sees the crime committed he may not lawfully make an arrest unless some citizens will give information, if a felony, or make affidavit upon which a warrant may be secured. The system of law enforcement provided by our laws, de pends largely for its effectiveness on the interest and cooperation of private citizens. It rests as a patriotic duty on all citizens to give information to policemen and prosecutors and grand juries, and make affidavits leading to arrests and to give evidence at trials to secure convictions. Without this it is practically impossible for the police to enforce the laws, especially in case of misdemeanors. Favors Lighting Dark Spots. Dark alleys and unlighted stairways and hallways unused at night as well as insufficiently lighted streets favor the commission of crime and prevent its detection. The cost of lighting the principal alleys in the business district and of putting a light at each street corner in residence districts where the sidewalks are heavily shaded in summer would be too great to be I practicable. Arc lights alone could be 1 considered, since the breakage of in- : candescent lamps by boys and wind ! make the use of them impracticable. : We suggest, however, that in places FOR

Our High Top Shoes keep out the cold and the snow and protect all parts of the feet. They are long-wearing, well made and desirable in every respect. They were good values at the original price of $2.75. but at the present price parents can not afford to fail to protect the feet of their children.

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Charles H. Feliman TWO STORES 724 Main S07 Main

whore the experience of the police shows greatest need, a few arc lights might be placed, that something might be accomplished toward lighting the alleys, if business men would put lights at the rear of their places of business as protection, and that in any case the alley just north, and the one just south of Main street and also Kim Place might be lighted by incandescents. We suggest that an ordinance should be passed requiring all stairways and hallways in the business district to be closed in and locked at night or else fully lighted. We suggest also that an ordinance be passed to prevent the obstruction of streets by liverymen standing vehicles alongside the streets, where they obstruct traffic and whose shafts pro jecting into the streets would seriously endanger passersby in case a team became unmanageable. AN ITALIAN MEDIUM IS CALLED A FAKIR Professor Hugo Munsterberg of Harvard university, who has just announced how completely he caught the so-called Italian medium Busapia Paladino in fake manipulations during a seance in which she guaranteed to prove the truth of spiritualism. Professor Munsterberg declares that right in the midst of the most creepy and uncanny moments, and while he supposed he had hold of the medium's hand and his foot on hers. 6he withdrew her foot from her shoe with the skill of a contortionist and with her toes pulled at his sleeve to make him believe a spirit hand had clutched him. His assistant however, grabbed the medium's ankle and according to the professor the scream 6he emitted was like the wail of a lost soul. What we suffer springs generally from what we have done. Aristophanes. SEE SIX THE WESTCOTT1

Snowy Weather Means Bad Colds If the Feet Are Not Properly Shod

$1.98 C0L1SHJ1 Wednesday, Feb. 9 ..Boxing Bouts.. Kid Brown vs. Tommy Dillon; Kid Sims vs. Willie M'Gee; Tommy Moore vs. Young Oliver. Wrestling match Chas. Olson vs. George Puttman. Price., 25, 50 and 75c Seats now on sale at Simmons Cigar Store. City Statistics Marriage Licenses. Charles II. Laymon, Terre Haute. 41. engineer, and Mrs. Faunie Highfield, Richmond. 40, both married once before. Lester Earl Medearis, Williamsburg. 2i, barber, and Miss Lora L. Martin, IS, Williamsburg. Deaths and Funerals. WHITE The infant child cf Mr. and Mrs. Elbert White died at the heme of his parents in Whitewater this morning. The funeral and burial will be at Whitewater. GEARY Tilara Geary, aged i'J years, died early this morning at the Reid Memorial hospital after a linger ing illness. She was removed to ner home. 5H0 North Twentieth street. The funeral arrangements have not been made. Bonaparte's Resolve. Napoleon entered the clubhouse with a frown a foot deep on l forehead and a temper not fit for publication. "Miile tonnerresr he ejaculated. "If I ever play golf with Daron Munchausen again mar I end my days on the island of St. Helena V "What's the matter with Munch. Boney?" a.ked Caesar, looking up from bis asbeslus copy of the Congressional Record. "You got nothing but bad lies all over the links." retorted the emperor. Lipplneott'M If yon are troubled with sick beadaebs. constipation, indigestion, offensive breath or soy disease arising- from stotnacn trouble, get a Sue or il bottle of Dr. CtldweU' Srrap Pepeia. U is positively guaranteed to core too.